"a report by Spanish Authorities, the factions have infiltrated banks and industrial estates. They are very active in Madrid and Costa Del Sol. Geneva Deputy Public Prosecutors state that the Albanian mafia is one of the most powerful ones among eight identified mafias in the world. The other mafia organizations around the world are the Russian mafia, Chinese (Triad), Japanese (Yakuza), Italian Mafia, Colombian (drug cartels) organizations, and Mexican (drug cartels) organizations. The Albanian mafia controls the entire network of heroin trafficking in Geneva, Switzerland. The Geneva deputy public prosecutors also added that the Albanian mafia ""is laundering a part"
"Ken Eto Ken Eto (衛藤 健 ""Etō Ken""; October 19, 1919 – January 23, 2004), also known as Tokyo Joe and ""The Jap"", was a Japanese-American mobster with the Chicago Outfit and eventually an FBI informant who ran Asian gambling operations for the organization. He was the highest-ranking Asian-American in the organization and is also notable for his extraordinary survival of a murder attempt. Eto was born in California to strict disciplinarian parents. During World War II, Eto was interned at Minidoka War Relocation Center, and was arrested in 1942 for violating wartime curfew at the camp. In 1949 he"
"Masaru Takumi Masaru Takumi (宅見 勝 ""Takumi Masaru""; June 22, 1936 – August 28, 1997) was a powerful Japanese organized crime figure assassinated in 1997. Until his death, he was the second-in-command (""wakagashira"") and financial overseer of Japan's largest yakuza gang, the Yamaguchi-gumi. Known as ""the man who never sleeps"", he also headed his own sub-organization, the 1000-member Takumi-gumi. He was considered a likely successor to the Yamaguchi-gumi's fifth godfather, Yoshinori Watanabe, but in August 1997, Takumi was shot and killed in a coffee shop on the fourth floor of the Oriental Hotel in Kobe by members of a breakaway"
"a nationwide arrest plan (Senkoku Taitaiseki) throughout the whole nation to arrest all involved criminals. Criminal activity has increased by order of the infamous Japanese mafia Gokudo-kai. The growth of mafia crimes are rising at record levels due to a collaboration with a Hong Kong mafia group called (""Dragonhead in English""). Finally, a mysterious kingpin is hiding behind-the-scenes to ensure that Japan falls down to the hands of the Gokudo-kai and the Ryuuto. Players start the investigation inside an office building where a collaboration deal is taking place between the Gokudo-kai and the Dragonheads. After arresting the first wave of"
"the time is right. The host then calls upon Omaeda of the Osaka-Kobe block to speak. After that Hideshi explains that profits are 10% less than in the previous year but he is expecting counterfeit money from the Philippines, which will mean a total of 360 billion yen for the family. Finally, Omaeda announces that the secret code word name of the organization, ""Japan Mafia"", has been leaked to the outside. Hideshi explains that there is either a traitor in their midst or else someone from another group deliberately leaked the code word from negotiations.<br> After the meeting, Hisako shows"
"danger. Eto testified in court against his former mob partners and helped put away 15 Outfit mobsters and their associates, including corrupt police officers. Ken Eto died in Georgia in 2004 at the age of 84, living under the name Joe Tanaka. He left behind six children. A documentary on him was made by Ken’ichi Oguri. Ken Eto Ken Eto (衛藤 健 ""Etō Ken""; October 19, 1919 – January 23, 2004), also known as Tokyo Joe and ""The Jap"", was a Japanese-American mobster with the Chicago Outfit and eventually an FBI informant who ran Asian gambling operations for the organization."
"drug trafficking were increasing. ""See also Kenji Doihara's criminal activities"" The yakuza of Japan are similar to the Italian mafias in that they originated centuries ago and follow a rigid set of traditions, but have several aspects that make them unique, such as their full-body tattoos and their fairly open place in Japanese society. Many yakuza groups are umbrella organizations, smaller gangs reporting to a larger crime syndicate. The Triads is a popular name for a number of Chinese criminal secret societies, which have existed in various forms over the centuries (see for example Tiandihui). However, not all Chinese gangs"
"most sophisticated and wealthiest criminal organizations."" At their height, the Yakuza maintained a large presence in the Japanese media and operated internationally. In fact, in the early 1960s police estimated that the Yakuza had a membership of 184,100. However, in recent years their numbers have dwindled with the latest figure from the National Police Agency (Japan) estimating that as of 2016 the number of members in all 22 designated gangs was 39,100. This decline is often attributed to changing market opportunities and several legal and social developments in Japan which discourage the growth of Yakuza membership. Yet, despite their dwindling"
"many members and associates affiliated with their various sorts of organized crime, but no statistics are available. The Yakuza are among one of the largest criminal organizations in the world. , there are some 102,400 known members in Japan. Hong Kong's Triads include up to 160,000 members in the 21st century. It was estimated that in the 1950s, there were 300,000 Triad members in Hong Kong. Perhaps one of the most infamous criminal gangs are the Sicilian Cosa Nostra and the Italian-American Mafia. The Neapolitan Camorra, the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta and the Apulian Sacra Corona Unita are similar Italian organized gangs."
"Kato), a criminal leader of Little Tokyo district, making their group even stronger. As time passes, Yamamoto and his new gang emerge as a formidable force, gradually expanding their turf to such an extent that they confront the powerful Italian Mafia. Now everybody respectfully addresses Yamamoto as Aniki (兄貴, elder brother). But soon Aniki suddenly loses any interest in their now successful but dangerous business, spending his time with a girlfriend or just sitting silently thinking about something. However, the Mafia ruthlessly strikes back, and soon Yamamoto and his gang are driven into a disastrous situation of no return as"
"Kodo-kai The Kodo-kai ( ""Kōdō-kai"", ""Koh-doh-kai"") is a yakuza criminal organization based in Nagoya, Japan. It is a secondary organization of the Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest known yakuza syndicate in Japan. With an estimated membership of 5,000, it is the second-largest Yamaguchi affiliate after the Yamaken-gumi, and operates in at least 18 prefectures. The Kodo-kai is under close surveillance by the National Police Agency, as the NPA considers the organization to not be a traditional yakuza organization, but to be more like a mafia-type organization or terrorist organization. The Kodo-kai is notorious for its defiant attitude toward the official, and"
"the Mafia (US, Italy), Yakuza (Japan), Chinese Triads, the Irish Mob, the Neapolitan Camorra, the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta, the Indian Mafia, the Unione Corse, Serbian Mafia, and the Bulgarian mafia. There are also a number of localized mafia organizations around the world bearing no link to any specific racial background. One example of a criminal organization that bears no specific racial background is the United Nations gang; the name alludes to the various ethnic origins of the members and its welcoming of all nationalities into its membership. Around the world in 2010 a number of events have taken place in the"
"Russian or Italian or Mexican yakuza magnates. In June 2011, following the 4th president Nomura's promotion to the Grand President (""sosai""), the 4th number-two (""rijicho""), Fumio Tanoue, became the president. In September 2014, Leader Satoru Nomura was arrested by Riot Police The Kudo-kai's illegal activities have allegedly included protection racketeering, drug trafficking, unlawful involvement in public works such as public construction projects, and in legitimate businesses such as commerce and trade. See Nuclear power in Japan. According to a Wall Street Journal article appearing February 2, 2012: ""Like many Japanese gangs, the Kudokai even maintains its own public headquarters, the"
"that the Urayasu-based cleaning company contracted to Tokyo Disney Resort was run by a member of the Matsuba-kai, Saburo Shiga. Another brush with fame came in the 1980s when the gang was caught smuggling 12 kilos of heroin into Canada. Matsuba-kai The is a yakuza organization based in Tokyo, Japan. The Matsuba-kai is a designated yakuza group with an estimated 1,500 active members and 600 semi-active members. The group was formed in 1936 in Sumida, Tokyo as a construction company named the by bakuto Masaru Sekine. In 1946 they were involved in the 1946 Shibuya incident where they fought for"
"Suishin-kai The Suishin-kai was a Japanese yakuza gang based in Nagasaki. The gang, affiliated with the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest yakuza syndicate, came to prominence in April 2007 when its former underboss (then demoted to Captain), Tetsuya Shiroo, shot and killed the mayor of Nagasaki, Iccho Itoh. The killing is believed to have been the result of a personal grudge on the part of Shiroo, and was not authorized by the Yamaguchi leadership or by Shiroo's colleagues in the Suishin-kai. After the killing, the Suishin-kai faced intense police and public scrutiny as investigators raided their Nagasaki offices in the search for"
"Glico Morinaga case The , also known by its official designation , was a famous extortion case in 1980s Japan, primarily directed at the Japanese industrial confectioneries Ezaki Glico and Morinaga, and currently remains unsolved. The entire case spanned 17 months from the initial kidnapping of the president of Glico to the last known communication from the prime suspect, a person or group known only as ""The Monster with 21 Faces"". At 9:00pm on 18 March 1984, two masked men wearing caps and armed with a pistol and rifle broke into the home of Katsuhisa Ezaki, the president of Glico."
"Tadamasa Goto Goto, who has been convicted at least nine times, was a prominent yakuza, who had even been dubbed the ""John Gotti of Japan"". At one point he was the most powerful crime boss in Tokyo and also the largest shareholder in Japan Airlines, though the latter piece of information reported by FT magazine on June 12, 2010 is questionable and could not be confirmed by stock exchange filings. He had been barred from entering the United States until 2001 when he got a special visa deal from the FBI. According to his autobiography, Goto was born in Ebara,"
"Japan Organized Crime Boss The Danno Organization, Japan's largest yakuza family, expands outward from its base in Osaka during the post-war period under the leadership of Danno, the boss, and Chief Executive Tsubaki, the family's finest operative. In Yokohama, the boss of the Hamanaka Family pledges fealty to the Danno Family. In order to ward off Danno's progress, the yakuza families in Tokyo form the Tokyo Alliance with Yato as its head and use the Sakurada Family, the dominant family in Yokohama, to attack the Hamanaka Family in a proxy war between the yakuza in the west and east of"
"Yamaguchi-gumi It is one of the largest criminal organizations in the world. According to the National Police Agency, it had 20,400 active members and 18,600 associated members in 2007. It is, by far, the largest of the ""bōryokudan"" groups, and its membership encompasses roughly 45% of the 86,300 ""yakuza"" in the Japanese underworld. Leading members of the Yamaguchi-gumi number 102 people in total; 1 ""kumichō"" (組長; boss), 15 ""shatei"" (舎弟; younger brother) and 86 ""wakachū"" (若中; child) as of November 2005. The Yamaguchi-gumi are among the world's wealthiest gangsters, bringing in billions of dollars a year from extortion, gambling, the"
"Yakuza , also known as , are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan. The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them , while the Yakuza call themselves . The Western equivalent for the term Yakuza would be gangster, meaning an individual involved in a Mafia-like criminal organization. The Yakuza are notorious for their strict codes of conduct, their organized fiefdom-nature and for several unconventional ritual practices such as ""Yubitsume"". Yakuza members are often described as males with heavily tattooed bodies and slicked hair, yet this group is still regarded as being among ""the"
"who is released from prison in December 2005 after a ten-year sentence for the murder of Dojima. The Tojo Clan he was once a member of has had ten billion yen, or approximately 100 million U.S. dollars, stolen from their vault. The search for the money, undertaken by the entire Japanese underworld, results in Kiryu being forced back into the brutal, lawless world of the ""yakuza"". A mysterious young girl would lead Kiryu to the answers, if he can keep her alive. In 2006, Kazuma Kiryu has left his post as the Chairman of the Tojo Clan, Japan's most violent"
"Yoshitomi Group The is a Japanese Yakuza (organized crime) organization that was formed during the Kobe earthquake by Yoshitomi Hideaki and Yoshinori Watanabe, in associated with the Yamaguchi-gumi's large-scale relief for the victims, however the official formation of the organization was established in Tokyo, Japan. Today, they operate overseas with operations in the United States, Canada and Europe but have strong roots in Japan as well as Asia. It is one of the most powerful Japanese-based criminal groups in the United States, having many associates affiliated with hundreds of street gangs and multiple other organizations. The current leadership structure is"
"sex industry, arms trafficking, drug trafficking, real estate and construction kickback schemes. They are also involved in stock market manipulation and Internet pornography. The Yamaguchi-gumi has its headquarters in Kobe, but it operates all across Japan and has overseas operations in the rest of Asia and the United States. Its current ""kumichō"" (Boss), Shinobu Tsukasa, has declared an expansionist policy—even making inroads into Tokyo, traditionally not Yamaguchi turf. They also have multiple groups working overseas. When Taoka inherited the title of ""kumichō"", it was merely a local family with only a few dozen members. It was Taoka who made Yamaguchi-gumi"
"when he announced a plan to make certifications for Japanese food restaurants outside Japan. He got this idea from the Denominazione di origine controllata system in Italy and hoped that this might distinguish pseudo-Japanese food restaurants from genuine ones. Many foreign media criticized this system as inappropriate, and named the system ""sushi police."" He retracted his plan and made a more moderate proposal. Matsuoka was affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi. Prior to his death, he faced questions over high utility expenses in a rent-free office - he had claimed more than 28 million yen ($236,600, £118,300). Matsuoka"
"Dojin-kai The , or ""Dojin group"", is a yakuza organization headquartered in Kurume, Fukuoka, on the Kyushu island of Japan, a designated yakuza syndicate, with approximately 850 members. As well as being known as a militant yakuza organization, the Dojin-kai has also been known as a ""de facto"" drug cartel, as its activities have allegedly included large-scale drug trafficking, specifically methamphetamine trafficking, which is traditionally shunned in the yakuza world. With its activities of drug trafficking, the Dojin-kai has allegedly been Japan's largest wholesale dealer in drugs since the late 20th century, after the disbanding of three other yakuza groups"
"Toshio Gibo, an ethnic Okinawan mobster, formed an anti-left nationalist organization named the Makoto-kai in Okinawa under influence of Yoshio Kodama. Gibo met with Machii through Kodama, founding an affiliate of the Tosei-kai in Okinawa. Okinawa's underworld has been known for its exclusiveness since the 20th century, where the dominating Kyokuryu-kai has persistently attacked and violently expelled any yakuza syndicate attempting to enter the island. The reason why the Toa-kai has been able to be active on the island may be because the group has historically been more oriented to legitimate businesses, and of its gentle stance, in contrast to"
"the Japanese Yakuza with his words. Yomiuri Newspaper of Japan stated, “Almost every money transaction was related to Susumu Ishii in the 80s and 90s.” Ishii's money went overseas as well. Susumu Ishii invested his money in hotels in Monaco, Hong Kong and America. In total he invested 700 million dollars all around the world. Throughout various investments Ishii was able to have successful international relations and he was able to grow his money. Ishii was known as the “World's Richest Gangster” or “The Gangster With the Golden Touch.” Everything he touched changed into millions of dollars. But as the"
"Korean mafia operate in the Jeolla region, in cities such as Gwangju and Mokpo, with other South Korean mafiosi known to be operating in Busan and Incheon. Films romanticizing ""kkangpae"" have featured in South Korean cinema since the 1970s, but gained a foothold in the market in the early 1990s (Jamier, 2015, p. 1)[1]. Such films emphasized traits like loyalty, decency, and morality against a backdrop of violence and corruption. The popularity of films like ""Friend"" (2001), ""A Bittersweet Life"" (2005), ""New World"" (2013) popularized the image of the identifiable and ‘honorable’ gangster (Jamier, 2015)[1]. The rise in gang-centered content"
"""Case Closed"" episodes ranked in the top six on a weekly basis. Both the manga and the anime have had positive response from critics for their plot and cases. The manga has been sold in 25 countries, while the anime has been broadcast in 40 countries. Jimmy Kudo (Japanese: Shinichi Kudo) is a high school detective who sometimes works with the police to solve cases. During an investigation, he is attacked by members of a crime syndicate known as the Black Organization. They force him to ingest an experimental poison, but instead of killing him, the poison transforms him into"
"Ichiwa-kai The Ichiwa-kai (一和会) was a yakuza gang based in Osaka, Japan. It was formed on June 13, 1984 when Hiroshi Yamamoto, a top lieutenant in the Yamaguchi-gumi, broke from that gang to form his own organization with over 10,000 members. The split stemmed from professional jealousy: Yamamoto had been seen as a contender for the role of ""kumicho"", or Godfather, in the Yamaguchi-gumi, and was enraged when a rival, Masahisa Takenaka, was chosen. In 1985, the Ichiwa-kai faction sent a team of hitmen to assassinate Takenaka at his mistress's home in Suita, Osaka. The killing of the Yamaguchi Godfather"
"news of the incident, the FBI asks the CIA's Tokyo office to investigate the killing, believing it to be linked to the Yakuza, a dangerous Japanese mafia. Retired CIA agent Travis Hunter and rookie FBI agent Sean Mac are assigned to work on the case and to track down the perpetrators. The Japanese branch of the CIA starts sniffing around under the auspices of the United States Department of Homeland Security. During work, Mac proves to be more of a distraction, not really knowledgeable about procedures or Japanese customs. Hunter was raised in Japan, and has a strong understanding of"
"located in Kagoshima Prefecture as a smuggling base, and for example in 1986, this group smuggled approximately of methamphetamines—estimated retail price of nearly US$1 billion—from Taiwan. The Dojin-kai has been known for its strong anti-authority, anti-police stance since the 20th century, however at the same time the Dojin-kai has allegedly developed some relationship with local authorities, and it has actually been uncovered, as, in the early 2000s, the Fukuoka Prefectural Police headquarters disclosed that its classified information had leaked out to the Dojin-kai via its branch police departments based in the Chikugo region including Kurume. Dojin-kai The , or ""Dojin"
"Toa-kai The is a yakuza syndicate based in Tokyo with a predominantly Korean Japanese membership. Originally named the , with its historic leader Hisayuki Machii, the Toa-kai was deeply involved in the history of Tokyo's South Korean community and Japan's anti-communist circles in the 20th century. It is the fifth largest Yakuza clan. The group was formed by Hisayuki Machii, a Korean Japanese mob boss, as the Tosei-kai in 1948. The Tosei-kai was originally a reported far-right organization of anti-communist activism led by Machii as a sympathizer of Kanji Ishiwara, which was in conflict with the North Korea-associated General Association"